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The bright outlook that was prevalent in April turned dark in the late summer of 1964 when a series of natural disasters struck the Cape. First lightning, then hurricanes, damaged the Gemini 2 launch vehicle to delay its flight long past the scheduled time. Even if the weather had been perfect, McDonnell’s difficulties in getting Spacecraft 2 ready to fly might have compromised the schedule on its own…
![Mercury vs. Gemini](https://i0.wp.com/www.spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mercury-and-Gemini.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Mercury vs. Gemini
![Retrograde Adapter](https://i0.wp.com/www.spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Retro-Adapter1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Retrograde Adapter
![Ejection](https://i0.wp.com/www.spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/High-Altitude-Ejection-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Ejection
![First Stage of GLV-2](https://i0.wp.com/www.spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Figure-75.-The-first-stage-of-Gemini-launch-vehicle-2-being-unloaded-from-an-Air-Force-C-133-at-Cape-Kennedy.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
First Stage of GLV-2
![Instrumentation Pallets in Astronaut Seats](https://i0.wp.com/www.spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Figure-74.-Special-instrumentation-pallets-to-be-installed-in-Gemini-spacecraft-No.-2-in-the-same-positions-that-astronauts-would-occupy-in-later-flights.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Instrumentation instead of Astronauts
![Gemini 2 Launch](https://i0.wp.com/www.spacerockethistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/GT2_S-64-40154.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Gemini 2 Launch